Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Drawings

Christopher Lloyd, 2025

Overview

This volume offers an authoritative analysis of drawings, including watercolours and pastels, by twenty leading Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists. It places these works within the context of late 19th-century France, explaining their significance alongside the artists' paintings in representing modernity. The book highlights how a new approach to materials and a more inclusive attitude towards exhibitions elevated the status of drawings during this period. Avant-garde artists embraced this, preferring contemporary life scenes, and found painting and drawing sharing stylistic principles like spontaneity and freer handling. Works in pastel, pen-and-ink, and mixed media by artists such as Degas, Cézanne, Van Gogh, and Toulouse-Lautrec possessed an autonomy that influenced modern art's development.

Who it's for

• Readers interested in the art of late 19th-century France.
• Art enthusiasts exploring the evolution of modern art.
• Students and scholars of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.

Key features

• Features drawings by twenty leading Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists.
• Explores the importance of drawings in the context of late 19th-century France.
• Details the shared stylistic principles between painting and drawing in this era.
• Includes works in pastel, watercolour, pen-and-ink, and mixed media.
• Authored by distinguished art historian Christopher Lloyd.
• Published by Thames & Hudson.
• 288 pages.
• Paperback binding.
• ISBN: 9780500298213.
• Dimensions: 247x212 mm.